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Google to Launch $150 Tablet in Late Spring (GOOG, AAPL, AMZN)

Posted: March 28, 2012 at 7:43 am

Speculation continues to grow that Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) will release a tablet device later this year and join the gaggle of competitors chasing the iPad from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: ...
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AudioCodes Dives on Lowered Outlook (AUDC)

Posted: March 26, 2012 at 2:12 pm

Network gear maker AudioCodes Ltd. (NASDAQ: AUDC) lowered its first-quarter and full-year revenue and profit outlook this morning. From the press release: [AudioCodes] is now projecting revenues for the first ...
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IDC Forecasts Stronger PC Growth in 2nd Half of 2012 (MSFT, INTC, AAPL)

Posted: March 20, 2012 at 11:59 am

PC shipments in the second half of 2011 grew by a less-than-robust 1.8% and the first half of 2012 is expected to see only modest growth. That should change by ...
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Qualcomm Posts 10-year High on iPad (QCOM, AAPL)

Posted: March 19, 2012 at 3:12 pm

Chip maker Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) posted a new 52-week (and more-than-10-year) high today of $67.00/share. The last time the stock was anywhere near that was early April of 2001. ...
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Kindle First-quarter Sales Weak (AMZN, AAPL)

Posted: March 19, 2012 at 1:13 pm

Sales of the Kindle family of e-readers from Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is “significantly weaker than expected” in the first quarter of 2012 according to an analyst at Pacific Crest. ...
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Apple Earnings and the Value of Old Tech

Posted: January 25, 2012 at 6:37 am

Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) extraordinary earnings and the size of its iPhone sales helped move its market cap well above $400 billion. The press constantly reminds readers that this is greater ...
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Nokia Falls on Weak Supplier Outlook (NOK, STM, ERIC, MSFT)

Posted: January 24, 2012 at 2:03 pm

Shares of Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) are tumbling today following a glum forecast from one of the company’s main chip suppliers. ST-Ericsson, a joint venture between STMicroelectronics N.V. (NYSE: STM) ...
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Microsoft 1, Google 0

Posted: January 20, 2012 at 8:43 am

It was no accident that Microsoft’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) earnings were good and Google’s bad (NASDAQ: GOOG). The assumption that search is one of the best businesses in the world has ...
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Dell Too Late to Tablet Market

Posted: January 11, 2012 at 6:56 am

Dell’s (NASDAQ: DELL) habit of coming to market with products well after its competitors do  continues. Reuters reports that the PC company will launch a tablet later this year. Dell ...
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Best and Worst Run Companies in America

Posted: December 8, 2011 at 6:26 am

Many American companies have done incredibly well this year. A number posted extraordinary financial results in 2011. Others have launched products that revolutionized markets. Of course, many big public corporations ...
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Xbox Live Challenging Cable Supremacy? (MSFT, AAPL, GOOG, CMCSA, TWC, VZ, CVC, SSNLF, LOGI)

Posted: December 5, 2011 at 10:44 am

Tomorrow’s launch of an upgrade to Xbox Live from Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) is the latest shot in the battle for control of US TV sets. The Redmond giant isn’t ...
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Cisco and the Zettabytes Internet

Posted: November 30, 2011 at 6:18 am

Almost no one knows what a zettabyte is. Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) uses the term to measure the volume of data center IP traffic. According to the router giant, “Annual ...
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Tech Wholesalers’ Growth Plans Could be Stymied (TECD, IM, SNX, ARW, AVT)

Posted: November 21, 2011 at 11:13 am

The weak economic forecast for 2011 and 2012 appears to have weighed unevenly on electronics and computer wholesalers. Tech Data Corp. (NASDAQ: TECD) reported missed earnings and revenue estimates this ...
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Oracle Hammers on HP, Intel Over Chip Plans (ORCL, HPQ, INTC)

Posted: November 21, 2011 at 9:49 am

Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) has turned up the heat in a lawsuit filed last May by Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) seeking to require that Oracle meet what HP says are ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (11/4/2011) MF Global Scandal, Groupon IPO, AMD Layoffs

Posted: November 4, 2011 at 6:32 am

The fate of Greece remains undetermined. Rumors are that Prime Minister George Papandreou will leave as part of a brokered agreement to get the opposition party to support austerity measures. ...
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